May 9, 2022
4.30 pm, Room 9A
Il Caimano
By Nanni Moretti (2006)

Starring Silvio Orlando e Margherita Buy, 112 min, color, Italian with English subtitles.
Bruno Bonomo (Silvio Orlando), an unsuccessful film producer. In the 1970s, the man dealt with trash films together with his wife Paola (Margherita Buy). But then at a certain point his life gets completely out of hand: his small manufacturer risks bankruptcy and his marriage goes into full crisis. Suddenly a glimmer of hope makes him think that there is still a way to go. A young girl, Teresa (Jasmine Trinca), offers him a script for a film he would like to make, entitled Il caimano, about the life of Silvio Berlusconi.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.
April 13, 2022
4.30 pm, Room 9A
Mimì Metallurgico
By Lina Wertmuller (1972)

Starring Mariangela Melato and Giancarlo Giannini, 125 mins, color, Italian with English subtitles
Mimi is a Sicilian dockworker who inadvertently becomes embroiled in an increasingly complicated array of personal conflicts. When he loses his job after voting against a Mafia kingpin in an allegedly secret election, Mimi leaves his wife to find new work.
He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organizer. Soon Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting to take revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.
April 4, 2022
4.30 pm, Room 9A
Don Camillo
by Julien Duvivier (1952)

Starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi, 100 min, Black/white, Italian with English subtitles.
In a small town in the Lower Po Valley, Don Camillo and Peppone, the Communist mayor, are perpetually at odds, but after sometimes violent clashes, they end up coming to an agreement, letting themselves be guided by common sense.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.
March 21, 2022
4.30 pm, Room 9A
La Notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars)
by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1982)

Starring Margarita Lozano and Omero Antonutti, 105 min, color, Italian with English subtitles.
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumors that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.
March 7, 2022
4.30 pm, Room 9A
Amarcord
by Federico Fellini (1973)

Starring Magalì Noel and Bruno Zanin, 127 mins, color, Italian with English subtitles.
Carnevalesque, sad and funny stories involving the family of a teenager son of a Socialist in provincial Italy during Fascism.
Set in Rimini, Romagna, in 1920’s-30’s.
Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film in 1975.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.
February 28, 2022
5 pm, Room 9A
Il Gattopardo
(The Leopard)
by Luchino Visconti (1963)

Set in Sicily, 1860, it follows the story of Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, and his family in their struggle to preserve their status amid the tumultuous social upheavals of the Risorgimento.
Based on Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s novel, it won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Festival 1963.
This film is part of the course "S2202 Italian Contemporary History in Films".
Open to students and faculty.